"Desiree"
(Michael Brown - Tom Feher)

Intro:

strings (eighth notes):

DmDm Piano Chord 

/ / / /  / / / /
(every...)

Verse 1:

(Dm)                 EmEm Piano Chord 

Everything returns again
DmDm Piano Chord 
                            EmEm Piano Chord 

Both the laughter and the rain
Bbmaj7Bbmaj7 Piano Chord 
                      Asus4
She is living somewhere far away
Bbmaj7Bbmaj7 Piano Chord 
                      Asus4
Still I ask her in my lonely way
GG Piano Chord 

To stay (Desiree) Desiree

Instrumental break:

EmEm Piano Chord 
       FF Piano Chord 

/ / / /  / / / /
(unintelligible backing vocals)

bass (guitar plays jangling figure based on Gsus4: xxx533):

[7/4]                        [4/4]
v   v   v   v   v   v   v     v   v   v   v     v   v   v   v
-----------------------------|-----------------|-----------------
-----3-0---2-----0-----------|-----------------|-----------------
---------------3-----1-0-----|---3-----3-------|-----------------
-3-----------------------3---|-1-----1-----1-3-|---3-3-3-3-3-3-3-

[6/4]                    [4/4]
v   v   v   v   v   v     v   v   v   v     v   v   v   v
-------------------------|-----------------|-----------------
-3---0-2-----0-----------|-----------------|-----------------
-----------3-----1-0-----|---3-----3-------|-----------------
---------------------3---|-1-----1-----1-3-|---3-3-3-3-3-3-3-

Chorus 1:

DmDm Piano Chord 
      C/EC/E Piano Chord 
      F/AF/A Piano Chord 
         G/BG/B Piano Chord 

Desiree, you know     how it hurts me
DmDm Piano Chord 
     C/EC/E Piano Chord 
          F/AF/A Piano Chord 
          G/BG/B Piano Chord 

Living alone through     all the years
BbBb Piano Chord 
          FF Piano Chord 
         CC Piano Chord 
        DmDm Piano Chord 

Nothing can hold the tears   in me

Verse 2:

Everything remains the same
Yet she answers not her name
Still if I do look beyond these skies
Standing here again before my eyes
I see (Desiree) Desiree

[repeat instrumental break]

Chorus 2:

Desiree, you know how it hurts me
Where do I run to, is it real
Nothing but pain I feel  for real

[repeat chorus 1]

Coda [repeat to fade (4th time)]:

(bass w/guitar [Gsus4], as per instrumental break)

[6/4]                    [4/4]
v   v   v   v   v   v     v   v   v   v     v   v   v   v
-------------------------|-----------------|-----------------
-3---0-2-----0-----------|-----------------|-----------------
-----------3-----1-0-----|---3-----3-------|-----------------
---------------------3---|-1-----1-----1-3-|---3-3-3-3-3-3-3-

1:   (Desiree...)
2-4: (La-la-la-la...)

-- another ace 60's tab from Andrew Rogers